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A lynching of a Black man by hanging has resurfaced in the American South, prompting nationwide attention to the history of lynching.

A lynching of a Black man by hanging has resurfaced in the American South, prompting nationwide attention to the history of lynching.

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September 17th, 2026

A lynching of a Black man by hanging has resurfaced in the American South, prompting nationwide attention to the history of lynching.

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A Black woman was found hanged from a tree in Mississippi, an event that has evoked painful memories of the brutal history of lynching across the American South.

一名密西西比州黑人女性被發現遭吊死於樹上,此事件喚起了人們對美國南方各地私刑這段殘酷歷史的痛苦記憶。

The body of 29-year-old Tasia Fortune was discovered on August 3 behind an abandoned house in Jackson, the state capital.

29歲的塔西亞·福瓊(Tasia Fortune)的遺體於8月3日在州首府傑克遜一處廢棄房屋後方被發現

Jarques Ratliff, 51, who is also Black, pleaded not guilty to a murder charge on Monday.

同為黑人的51歲賈克斯·拉特利夫(Jarques Ratliff)於週一對謀殺指控表示不認罪

Police and prosecutors have so far not given a suspected motive, and they said they expect more arrests to follow.

警方和檢察官迄今尚未給出疑似動機並表示預計還會有更多人被捕

Regardless of the specific circumstances of this case, for many Black people, the imagery of ropes and nooses still evokes the historical legacy of lynching and vigilante violence against Black Americans, and brings deep pain and trauma.

無論此案具體情況如何,對許多黑人而言繩索絞索的意象仍會喚起美國針對黑人的私刑義警暴力所留下的歷史遺產並帶來深切的痛苦創傷

"As Black people in the South in 2026, we are feeling and experiencing things that we felt in 1956 and 1966, and this should not be happening," said Brad Franklin, a Jackson activist, speaking about Fortune's death.

2026年的南方黑人我們正在感受和經歷一些我們在1956年和1966年感受到的東西,這不應該發生,」傑克遜活動人士布拉德·富蘭克林(Brad Franklin)談到福瓊之死時說

"Yet precisely because this is Mississippi, precisely because of our state's history of racism, our skin has long been toughened enough to withstand it."

「然而,正因為這裡是密西西比,正因為我們州那段種族主義的歷史,我們的皮膚早已被磨礪得足夠堅韌,足以承受它。」

Editor's note: September is National Suicide Awareness Month.

編者註九月全國自殺意識月

This article contains discussion of suicide.

本文涉及關於自殺之討論

If you or someone you know is in urgent need of help, you can call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

倘若您本人您所識之人亟需協助可撥打或傳送簡訊至988聯繫美國全國自殺與危機生命線

Fortune's mother, Christy Spivey, stated that she does not believe race had any connection to her daughter's death.

福瓊的母親克里斯蒂·斯派維(Christy Spivey)表示並不認為種族與其女兒之死存在任何關聯

Spivey is white.

斯派維為白人

She pointed out that Fortune's father is Black.

她指出福瓊的父親是黑人

"I think this is something very personal, very personal," Spivey said, insisting that those involved were people who knew Fortune.

「我認為這是某件非常私人的事情,非常私人,」斯派維說,並堅稱涉及的是與福瓊相識的人。

Over the past two years, about half a dozen Black women and men have been found hanged across the South.

過去兩年間約有半打黑人女性男性在南方各地被發現遭吊死

In some of these cases, the police quickly ruled the deaths as suicidesa conclusion that, when investigators dismiss the possibility of homicide on the basis of only limited evidence, often gives rise to doubts rooted in history.

部分案件中警方迅速判定為自殺——當調查人員僅憑有限證據排除他殺時,這往往引發基於歷史的質疑

"I advocate letting the evidence speak for itself," said Sean Joe, a professor of social work at Washington University in St. Louis and a nationally recognized authority on suicidal behavior among Black people.

我主張讓證據說話,」聖路易斯華盛頓大學社會工作教授全國公認的黑人自殺行為權威肖恩·喬(Sean Joe)說。

"But if you ... are going to define or draw conclusions about a suicide, you have to come up with some evidence."

但如果你……要為自殺下定義或作結論就必須拿出一些證據來。」

Spivey stated that she firmly believed her daughter would never have chosen to take her own life.

斯派維表示她深信自己的女兒絕不會選擇自殺

"Absolutely impossible. Even if she had the ability to climb that tree, no, no, she would never, ever, ever do such a thing," Spivey said.

絕對不可能縱使她有能力攀上那棵樹不,不她永遠、永遠、永遠不會這麼做,」斯派維說道

In Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, police are investigating the death of 38-year-old Demetrius Eugene Fleming on August 21.

在北卡羅來納州羅阿諾克拉皮茲警方正調查38歲的德米特里厄斯·尤金·弗萊明(Demetrius Eugene Fleming)於8月21日死亡

Police Chief Lawrence Wiggins said on Tuesday that his office is awaiting the medical examiner's report.

警察局長勞倫斯·威金斯(Lawrence Wiggins)週二表示其辦公室正在等待法醫報告

In February, police in Cobb County, Georgia, discovered the body of 21-year-old Kyle Bassinga in a park.

二月喬治亞州科布縣警方在一座公園內發現了21歲的凱爾·巴辛加(Kyle Bassinga)的遺體

Although investigators said there were no signs of foul play, Bassinga's death "reminds many people of the eras of slavery and Jim Crow," said Lisa Cupid, chair of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners.

儘管調查人員表示並無他殺跡象,但巴辛加之死讓許多人想起奴隸制吉姆·克勞的時代」,科布縣委員會主席麗莎·丘比特(Lisa Cupid)說。

In September 2025, Trey Reed, a 21-year-old Black student, died at Delta State University in Mississippi and was ruled to have died by suicide; in September 2024, Dennoriss Richardson, aged 39, died in a rural area of Colbert County, Alabama, and was likewise ruled to have died by suicide.

2025年9月,21歲的黑人學生特雷·里德(Trey Reed)在密西西比州三角洲州立大學去世,被裁定為自殺;2024年9月,39歲的丹諾里斯·理查森(Dennoriss Richardson)在阿拉巴馬州科爾伯特縣鄉村地區去世,同樣被裁定為自殺。

Richardson's spouse, Leigh, has publicly stated that she does not believe her husband died by suicide and, as has happened in other cases, arranged for a private autopsy, which, according to news reports, found that his death was consistent with hanging.

理查森的配偶利(Leigh)曾公開表示,她不相信丈夫是自殺,並且正如其他案件中所發生的那樣,進行了私人屍檢,據新聞報導,屍檢發現他的死亡符合吊死。

Leigh Richardson told ABC News that although her husband suffered from chronic asthma and other respiratory problems, conditions that could trigger anxiety attacks, "that would absolutely not be the way he would consider leaving this world."

利·理查森告訴ABC新聞,雖然她的丈夫患有慢性哮喘及其他呼吸問題,這些病症會引發焦慮發作,「那也絕不是他會考慮離開這個世界的方式。」

According to the Equal Justice Initiative, an organisation headquartered in Alabama, more than 4,400 lynchings took place across the United States between the Reconstruction era and the Second World War.

根據總部位於阿拉巴馬州的平等司法倡議組織自重建時期至第二次世界大戰期間美國境內發生了逾4,400起私刑

In 1955, Emmett Till, a teenager from Mississippi, was lynched after being accused of harassing a white womanan event that helped to catalyse the civil rights movement.

1955年密西西比州青少年埃米特·蒂爾(Emmett Till)因被指控調戲一名白人女性而遭私刑處死此事件有助於催化民權運動

"These were public, deliberately public, intended to convey terrornot only to the individual and their family, but also to the entire community," said Karlos Hill, a professor of African and African American studies at the University of Oklahoma and the author of Beyond the Rope: The Impact of Lynching on Black Culture and Memory.

這些是公開的故意公開的目的是傳達恐怖不僅針對個人及其家人也針對整個社區,」奧克拉荷馬大學非洲和非裔美國人研究教授《超越繩索:私刑對黑人文化和記憶的影響》一書作者卡洛斯·希爾(Karlos Hill)表示

In September, nearly 60 members of Congress signed a letter to the Department of Justice, demanding that it investigate cases of Black people found hanged and enforce the 2022 Emmett Till Antilynching Act, which classifies lynching as a federal hate crime.

九月,近60名國會議員聯署致函司法部,要求其調查黑人被吊死之案件,並執行2022年《埃米特·蒂爾反私刑法》,該法將私刑列為聯邦仇恨犯罪。

"At this moment of rampant anti-Blackness and white supremacy, we cannot stand idly by and allow strange fruit from Black bodies to hang from trees across the country," said U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley in a statement.

「在這個反黑人與白人至上主義囂張的時刻,我們不能袖手旁觀,任由黑人身體的奇異果實掛在全國各地的樹上,」美國眾議員阿亞娜·普雷斯利(Ayanna Pressley)在一份聲明中說。

According to the office of Pressley, a Massachusetts Democrat and the letter's main drafter, the Justice Department has confirmed receipt of the letter but has not yet responded.

據麻薩諸塞州民主黨人、該信主要起草人普雷斯利的辦公室稱,司法部確認已收到該信,惟尚未作出回應。

Trent Thompson, a 58-year-old resident of Florence, Alabama, said that recent incidents of Black people being hanged and dying have sparked discussion within the Black community about the death of Nolan Xavier Wells this summer.

阿拉巴馬州佛羅倫斯58歲居民特倫特·湯普森(Trent Thompson)表示近期黑人遭吊死死亡的事件已引發黑人社區今年夏天諾蘭·澤維爾·威爾斯(Nolan Xavier Wells)之死的討論

Wells, an 18-year-old Black youth, set out by boat with friends on July 4 to an island off the Mississippi Gulf Coast, but did not return with them.

18歲的黑人青年威爾斯於7月4日與朋友乘船前往密西西比灣岸外的一座島嶼卻未隨他們返回

His body was found two days later.

他的遺體兩天後被發現

Thompson pointed out that, given the state's history of racist violence and distrust of law enforcement, scrutiny of the investigation has deepenedwhich has fueled suspicion in the Black community about many cases involving Black deaths.

湯普森指出鑑於該州種族主義暴力的歷史以及對執法部門的不信任對調查的審查已加深——這引發了黑人社區對許多涉及黑人死亡案件的懷疑。

"I know this body of mine all too well," he said.

「我深知自己這副皮囊,」他說道。

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